Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Here's this week's card that's needs a new home -

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw. I will announce the winner on Monday.

You can read how this card was made here.

Thank you to those of you who left a comment on my post on the Spellbinders Blog - much appreciated.

John Lockwood's new stamps are now in stock on my website. You can find them here. I've also loaded stock of new Masks here and WOW Embossing Powders here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (4th March) - Couture Creations Bobtail Set only £9.99!

Thank You

Hi Bloggers.

I started with a piece of Coconut White Card 5 3/4" square. I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Elements. I removed the die and the background throught the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the new Circuit Board Mask.

I added 3D Foam to the backof my background and matted it onto a piece of Black Card. I glued the Savoy die cut in place into the aperture.

I cut the middle die in same die set out of Black Card. I rubbed Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Chic Grey Blue Gilding Wax over the surface. It really looks lovely on the deboss detail on this die cut. It's worth buffing the Gilding Wax with a soft cloth - it removes excess wax, makes the surface smoother and shimmer more.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival and cut it out using the smallest die in the Savoy Decorative Elements Die Set.

I tied a bow using 2 lengths of thin Off White Satin Ribbon and 2 lengths of thin Black Satin Ribbon and added a Black Vintage Button.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 5mm Black Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

My very first post on the Spellbinders Blog was published yesterday. You can see it here. Something very different from me. I get given the collection to work with so quite a challenge! Would be lovely if you could leave a comment on the Spellbinders Blog for me.

Phill Martin's One Day Special continues on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. There's 10% discount on the items I have in stock from his One Day Special here. Offer valid till midnight tonight. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (3rd March) - Spellbinders Romantic Vines Die Set only £12.99!

Dream Big

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I used a piece of Coconut White Card and cut just the inner die from the Spellbinders Shells Duality Die Set 4 times. I popped some Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Lilac Card. I removed the other backing sheet and added it to the back of the background piece. I added CS Diamond Sprinkles to the exposed adhesive.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using #2 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Labels Die Set. I also cut the #4 die from the same set out of Coconut White Card.

I cut dies #2 and #3 from the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Elements Die Set out of Lilac Card. I stacked all the Savoy dies cuts on top of each other using 3D Foam.

I cut some leaves out of Lilac Card using the Spellbinders Romantic Vines Die Set and I made some flowers out of Coconut White Card using the Spellbinders Cinch & Go Die Set adding some brads to the centres.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 8mm White Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

The Craft Consortium English Garden Paper Pad and John and Sue's new paper pads are due in this morning. You can find them in stock here.

Phill Martin is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening with some brand new products! There's 10% discount on the items I have in stock from his One Day Special here. Offer valid till midnight tomorrow night (3rd March).

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (2nd March) -Sue Wilson Scalloped Trellis Adornment only £5.99!

Best Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

Catching up with orders on my website today - all orders from the weekend and yesterday will be sent out today. Hopefully, I will be able to load some more new stock onto my website today too.

Here's today's card -

I didn't quite get to finish this card on Sunday night - I really don't know where the time goes!

For the background, I have embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Creative Expressions Wild Roses Embossing Folder. I ran a strip of patterned paper from the Craft Consortium English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad top to bottom and added a few Craft Consortium Rhinestone Gems.

The paper I have used has lots of little birds on it so I chose an area with a bird on a branch on it to use as a topper and cut it out using #2 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents Die Set. I cut out the #5 die in the Spellbinders Astoria Labels out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Pretty in Pink Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I cut the the #1 die from the Astoria Decorative Accents out of Coconut White Card and again inked through the die with Pretty in Pink. It looks like a tassel to me and it has some 'hands' so it's easy to tuck it under another die cut as I have done on this card.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Watering Can Archival. I cut it out using #2 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Labels Die Set and inked through the die with Pretty in Pink. I cut the #2 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Accents Die Set out of Coconut White Card and again inked through the die with Pretty in Pink.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 8mm White Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

I have some more paper pads on order - the English Garden pad featured on this card and John and Sue's new pads. I'll let you know when they're back in stock.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (1st March) - Sue Wilson Scripted Happy Birthday only £5.99!

One Day Special Continues today

Hi Bloggers.

My Spellbinders One Day Special continues today on Hochanda with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm.

I hope you're liking the new Art Deco dies from Spellbinders. I have a step by step for you today with some of the dies and one of the the lovely papers from the Craft Consortium English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad.

I've used - Spellbinders S5-250 Astoria Labels and S5-254 Astoria Decorative Elements

Also - Spellbinders S4-589 Savoy Decorative Elements and S4-588 Savoy Decorative Accents

I cut die #2 from the Astoria Decorative Elements (where #1 is the smallest) and #2 from the Savoy Decorative Elements out of Coconut White Card. I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Watering Can Archival and cut it out using #1 from the Astoria Labels. I cut dies #2 and #4 from the Astoria Labels out of a paper from the Craft Consortium 12 x 12 Paper Pad. Finally, I cut #1 die from the Savoy Decorative Accents out of the patterned paper 5 times.

When I've cut out all I need, I always arrange them on my craft sheet to work out the size of card to cut for a background.

For the 5 little die cuts, I scored them all across the centre using my Hougie Board.

I popped some CS Glue on one side of each of them

and then glued them all together.

I have embossed the background using a new Spellbinders Embossing Folder called Circles and Diamonds (SES-006). Sorry, it's not available yet - it's due in March. Watch this space!

I assembled the card as shown. I used some more patterned paper as one of my mats but I did cut the centre out of it to use in another project! I added White 8mm Pearls to the corners and pierced around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

Hope you've liked this step by step. Hopefully, I will be demoing this in one of the shows today.

There's 10% discount on items I have in stock on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight.

I have added pictures of the samples to the Gallery on this blog (access via the top menu) and on my Julia Watts Crafts facebook page.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 26th February is.................

Anne Mather

Please email me at juliawattscrafts@gmail.com with your address and I'll pop it in the post.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (29th February) - Dragonfly Mini Striplet Stamps to Die For only £2.99!

One Day Special on Hochanda this evening

Hi Bloggers.

I'm launching a Spellbinders One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm with more shows tomorrow at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. Hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

This is a very simple card to construct.

I've used :

Spellbinders Savoy Labels S4-587
Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Elements S4-589
Spellbinders Platinum Machine
Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments
Watering Can Archival
Cosmic Shimmer Frosty Jade Colour Cloud
Smoothie
That Special Touch - A Touch of Class
Self Adhesive Pearls - White 3mm & 5mm
Card - Coconut White & Aqua
Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

For the background, I cut a piece of Coconut White Card to 5 3/4" Square and ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine using the emboss sandwich. Leaving the mask in place I pounced Frosty Jade Colour Cloud through the design using a Smoothie.

I stamped the sentiment from the Petite Lavish Sentiments stamp set onto Aqua Card using Watering Can Archival. I cut it out using the smallest die in the Savoy Decorative Elements Die Set and inked through the die with Frosty Jade. I cut the other 2 dies in the same set out of Aqua Card and inked through the dies with Frosty Jade.

I cut dies #2 and #4 (where #1 is the smallest) in the Savoy Labels Die Set out of Coconut White Card and inked through the dies with Frosty Jade. Then I stacked all the die cuts on top of each other as shown using 3d Foam. I love how the shape fits neatly into the frame created by the mask - very neat and tidy!

I completed the card by adding a few White Pearls and piercing around the edges.

I have added a section of my website containing items from the ODS that I have in stock. You can find them here. There's 10% discount on them till midnight tomorrow night.

John Lockwood's ODS continues today and there's 10% discount on the items I have from his show till midnight tonight. You can find them here.

See you at 8pm!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (28th February) - Sue Wilson Mini Gemini Die Set : Vela only £5.99!

Saturday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Here's a sneak peek from my Spellbinders One Day Special which starts at 8pm tomorrow evening -

I'm a bit pushed for time at the moment with loading new stock onto my website. I am planning to demo this card so will show you how it's made. Don't forget, you can watch online at www.hochanda.com and some shows can be watched on catch up too now!

Here's a list of products used (click on the link (highlighted text) to go straight to the product on my website). There are a couple of bundles on the shows - just a heads up!

Spellbinders -
S4-587 Savoy Labels
S4-588 Savoy Decorative Accents
S4-590 Shells Duality
Creative Expressions -
Petite Lavish Sentiments
Self Adhesive Pearls - White 8mm
Card - Coconut White, Wisteria
Craft Consortium -
English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad
Ranger -
Blue Violet Archival
Plus - Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

John Lockwood is launching a One Day Special this evening at 8pm with some Sue Wilson Dies.   There's 10% discount on items in John's shows till midnight tomorrow night. You can find them here.

I have loaded stock of new Creative Expressions Embossing Folders onto my website here. They have already been selling fast. As they sell out, I will order some more. For the first time, Sue Wilson has her own paper pad and you can find it on my website here. John Lockwood's new Paper Pad can be found here.

It'll take me a few days to load all the new products - I'll keep you updated. I'm still waiting for some of the new stock to arrive including John's new stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (27th February) - Phill Martin A6 Background Stamp : Replendent Roses only £4.99!